District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission Board of Directors Ronald R. Ross Confirmation Resolution of 2000
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A PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

To confirm the appointment of Mr. Ronald R. Ross to the District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission Board of Directors.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the "District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission Board of Directors Ronald R. Ross Confirmation Resolution of 2000".

Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:

Mr. Ronald R. Ross
2038 18" Street, N.W., Apt. #303
Washington, D.C. 20009
(Ward 1)

as a member of the District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission Board of Directors, established by section 5 of the Omnibus Sports Consolidation Act of 1994, effective August 23, 1994 (D.C. Law 10-152; D.C. Code § 2-4004), replacing Linda Greenan, whose term will end December 31, 2000, for a term to end December 31, 2004.

Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution, upon its adoption, each to the nominee and to the Office of the Mayor.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.

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Ronald R. Ross

Home Address
2038 18th Street, NW, #303
Washington, D.C. 20009
(202) 274-2950(0)
(202) 667-4047(H)

Areas of Practice:

Domestic and International Project Development and Finance; Privatizations; Acquisitions; Corporate Governance and General Corporate legal counsel

Professional Experience:

Partner, Troutman Sanders LLP, 1998-present
Of Counsel, Troutman Sanders LLP, 1996-1997
Attorney, Edison Mission Energy, 1991-1996
Associate, Fried, Frank. Harris, Shriven & Jacobson, 1989-91
Associate, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, 1987-89
Associate, Kirkland & Ellis, 1985-87

Sample Representations:

Lead project finance counsel in connection with the development and financing of a merchant power plant in Mohave County, Arizona

Legal counsel in connection with the negotiated sale of a nuclear-fired electric generating facility.

Legal counsel in connection with the acquisition of an equity interest in a coal-fired electric generating facility in the Czech Republic.

Lead legal counsel in connection with the acquisition of a cogeneration project in Wichita Falls, Texas.

Lead legal counsel in connection with the development of a geothermal power project and a mint-mouth coal project in Indonesia.

Lead legal counsel in connection with the acquisition of partnership interests in two projects qualifying for tax credits under Section 29 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Lead legal counsel to developer seeking acquisition of 26 percent ownership interest in Jamshoro Power Station, Sindh Province, Pakistan.

Negotiated sale of limited partnership interests in a waste coal power plant in West Virginia.

Negotiated limited participation agreement for the sale of state tax credits.

Negotiated the acquisition of 50 percent ownership share in a development project from co-developer and simultaneous sale of ownership shares to substitute co-developers in exchange for equity and asset contributions.

Negotiated the terms of a refinancing of $150 million project debt.

Negotiated and documented -riumerous joint venture and partnership agreements.

Participated in comprehensive bankruptcy and/or debt restructuring analysis of an operating power project.

Participated in due diligence review of numerous potential investments and/or power project acquisitions.

Education:

Harvard Law School (J.D., 1985)
Yale College (B.A., cum laude with distinction, 1982)

Bar Activities and Legal Associations:

American Bar Association
National Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar Association

Admitted to Bar:

District of Columbia, 1986
United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1986
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1986

Ronald R Ross is a Partner residing in the Washington, D.C. office of Troutman Sanders LLP. He is experienced in domestic and international project development and finance, privatizations, acquisitions, corporate governance, and general corporate representation.

Immediately, prior to assuming his current position with Troutman Sanders. Mr. Ross was an attorney with Mission Energy Company (now, Edison Mission Energy), where he concentrated on project finance, project development and asset management, principally by providing legal counsel to a variety of affiliated partnerships and special purpose subsidiaries established for the acquisition and/or development, financing and maintenance of independent power projects.

Mr. Ross was born in Washington, D.C. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cons laude, with Distinction, from Yale College in 1982 and a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School in 1985.